Key-book.



M. O. ELLIOTT.

KEY BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1907.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

attoumn MILTON G. ELLIOTT, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

KEY-BOOK.

I No. 908,456.

, Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 22, 1907. Serial No. 369,565.

Patented J an. 5, 1-9Q 9',

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON C. ELLIOTT, a citizen of the'United States, residing at N orfolk, in the county of Norfolk, State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Key-Books and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Th1s invention relates to new and useful improvements in key books, and it has particular reference to a device of this character comprising a body flap formed with over-. lying pockets and a closure flap, the device being so constructed that it may easily be carried in the ocket so as to take up less room and with ess wear on the clothes than the key rings ordinarily employed.

The invention has for its object to provide a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, the details of which will appear in the course of the following description, in which reference is had to the accomplanying drawings forming a part of this specication, like characters of reference designating similar parts throughout the several views, wherein Iigure 1 is a plan view of a key book constructed in accordance with the present invention, the book being open and containing a number of keys. I-ig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Ii 1, and Big. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 0 Iig. 1.

Referringlspecifically to the accom anying drawings, t e numeral 1 designates t e body of the book preferably constructed of leather and having an inte ral flap or leaf2 constituting a closure an designed to be engaged by a sritatle clas 3 carried centrally of the lower edge of the ody 1. A sheet of leather 4 of less depth thanvthe body 1 has its sides and lower edges secured thereto, and in like manner a sheet 5 of less depth than the sheet 4 is secured to said sheet and a sheet 6 of less depth than the sheet 5 is secured to said v cured to both said body and sai the end strips are formed with downwardly sheet 5. Between the body'l andvthe sheet 4 are spaced parallel vertical strips 7, coextensive therewith in height, the s aces therebetween aflording pockets 8 for t e reception of the individual keys. The stri s 7 are sesheet, and

and inwardly inclined upper edges 8 affording shoulders. In like manner the upper edges of the intervening strips are inclined downwardly from a central point on each side, as at 9, so as to afford shoulders andat the same time to coact with the opposing 1nclined edge of the adjacent strip in affording the mouth of each pocket of increased width. When a key is disposed in a pocket 8 its working position lies between the parallel sides of the strips and its head rests upon the shoulders and projects above the sheet 4.

Similarly constructed and secured strips 10 are interposed between the sheets 4 and 5 and are coextensive in height with the latter, the strips 10 affording pockets 11 of less depth than the pockets 8. In like manner strips 12 are dis osed between the sheets 5 and 6, said strips eing coextensive in height with the latter and affording pockets 13 of less depth than the pockets 11. It is preferred to arrange the stri s in coincident relation as is indicated by t e dotted lines in lig. 1. It will thus be seen that the pockets are admirably adapted to contain keys of varying length. l or instance, the 1011 est keys are inserted in the pockets 8, an the shorter keys, according to their size in the pockets 11 and 13. A key holder constructed-in accordance with the resent invention is simple, inexpensive an especially useful to watchmen and other ofiicers of building or streets.

vided for accomplishing the objects of the invention, but, whlle the elements herein shown and described are well adapted to serve the minorchanges may be made in the proportions, shape and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the ap ended claim.

What is claimed, is:

A key-book comprising a flexible body portion; sheets overlying the same in super-' posed relation to form pockets, said sheets successively decreasing 1n de th from said body portion and being attache their coincident side and bottom ed es; and a series of partition strips interpose between said sheets, and between the innermost sheet and said body ortion, in spaced parallel relation to provi e compartments for the indi-,, vidual keys, said strips having their length corresponding to the depths of the outer From the foregoing description it be seen that simple and efficient means are pro- 7 functions set forth, it is obv1ors that various thereto along Q q I eos,4sa- I sheets" of the pairs between which they are and serving t'olimit the inward movement of interposed, the intermediate strips having the keys into the same. 10 their up er edges inclined downwardly from In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature,

' a cent-ral pointino osite directions, and the in presence of two witnesses.

P 5 end strips hav ng 516i! up er edges inclined MILTON O. ELLIOTT.

downwardl throughout t eir whole extent, Witnesses:

. the incline edges of the several strips afiord- F. M. WHITEHURST,

ing widened mouths for the compartments I P. S.. COTTEN. 

